Haven't read the article, but I'd like to add my two cents here.
Is it a hoax? Most probably - but aren't experimentation and testing the bedrock of science? If it is a hoax, then carefully planned experiments, and confirmation other scientists repeating the experiment will quickly expose the hoax.
The greater scientific "sin" is to dismiss something you don't understand a priori. Many things in nature don't "make sense": the dual nature of light, the existence of a proteinaceous infectious particles, cancer-causing virus, heck the whole textbook of quantum physics.
Boy, I've got a surprise for you soon ;)
Is it a hoax? Most probably - but aren't experimentation and testing the bedrock of science? If it is a hoax, then carefully planned experiments, and confirmation other scientists repeating the experiment will quickly expose the hoax.
The greater scientific "sin" is to dismiss something you don't understand a priori. Many things in nature don't "make sense": the dual nature of light, the existence of a proteinaceous infectious particles, cancer-causing virus, heck the whole textbook of quantum physics.
None of those are "common sense."